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When you search for recipes using search engines, how do they they select which ones you’ll see? The New York Times gives a fun ride across how search engines rank recipes, Can Recipe Search Engines Make You a Better Cook?. Some clips: The newer [search engine] models try to evaluate recipes and rank them by […]

Will all sites ultimately become properly optimized for search engines? Web strategist James Ellis writes: While SEO is a critical element in your digital marketing strategy, there will probably come a day some time soon when everyone is properly optimized for search engines. What happens when there’s a level playing field and tricks don’t push […]

From Gluten free to buffalo wings. What are the real trends of 2014? Yesterday we took all 14 food trends from forbes.com and uncovered their real trending stats with Google Trends. Today we aggregate all that data together into one chart. Let’s compare all 12 trends in the past 10 years by taking the ranking […]

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Hi. I'm Matt Maldre. I've been working in the syndication business for over 17 years. How do we create, read, and share? Honest and bold opinions on publishing and syndication in this weekly blog.
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